Can I have portage emerge packages from a list in a file?

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kevstar31 · Post by **kevstar31** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:15 pm

Similar to /var/lib/portage/world?

Elbar Thera · Post by **Elbar Thera** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:58 pm

I would guess that the answer is yes

The following code works alright for me

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cat /var/lib/portage/world | xargs emerge -p

Maybe its too simple,
Elbar

Genone · Post by **Genone** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:18 am

A bit shorter:

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emerge -p $(< /path/to/file)

Note 1: unless you use --oneshot as well all packages listed in the file will and end up in your world file
Note 2: unless you use --update or --noreplace (better) packages listed in the file that are already installed will be rebuilt (this may or may not be your intention)
Note 3: with portage-2.2 you can put the file in /etc/portage/sets/ and use `emerge -p @filename` (there are some changes in behavior compared to the method above)